UN Secretary General Warns of Worst Food Crisis in 50 Years

by Fiona Harvey

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Whelan, former WHES board member

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, as warned of an impending crisis that is a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing world-wide recession. “50 million people will risk falling into extreme poverty.

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